PacNW wrote::( I went through the same thing pretty recently. Divorce ended up being a very positive change for me.

Hope you are able to get to a better place soon, whether that means counseling or a permanent split.

Thanks man, everything is still pretty fresh and there are still up and downs but overall I'm actually starting to feel a lot better about the whole thing (even positive about it most days). Put the house up for sale yesterday and it didn't affect me nearly as much as I thought it would. Cancelled our 70K double cabin and I've decided to transfer my booking into a cheaper quad cabin and go solo!

gods dammit, the hotel I wanted to stay in on Hollywood Beach sold out Guess I'm picking the place nearest the Riptide... if I'm near Riptide I can still walk to the Taco Bar, and that's what's important.

Mainly bitching about social media, if I hadn't logged in to FB a few days ago, I wouldn't have remembered it's 5 years since BierVulf's death.

It's a day I try to forget rather than remember. That's why I get good booze, drive to his grave on his birthday and drink with him. (And blast "Can I play with madness" at least once as he fucking hated that song hahah)

I wouldn't have acknowledged the other day except for stupid Facebook. I'm still pissed off at myself for logging in to that garbage.

PacNW wrote::( I went through the same thing pretty recently. Divorce ended up being a very positive change for me.

Hope you are able to get to a better place soon, whether that means counseling or a permanent split.

Thanks man, everything is still pretty fresh and there are still up and downs but overall I'm actually starting to feel a lot better about the whole thing (even positive about it most days). Put the house up for sale yesterday and it didn't affect me nearly as much as I thought it would. Cancelled our 70K double cabin and I've decided to transfer my booking into a cheaper quad cabin and go solo!

Hey man, - really sorry to hear about your rough ride,

from an experience perspective, - I went through a similar thing in 2013.

I can't speak for your marriage, but I was unappy for a long time before the wheel finally fell off ( that's a story for a another time!) but in essence I agreed to put my clothes in a bag and walk out the door leaving her with everything we'd accumulated over 11 years, - in return her folks essentially paid me off for my contribution to the flat & other bits.

Looking back now I think I got a bit of a raw deal, but I was just so intent on getting outta there that I didn't care ( plus I was drinking a lot!) - I decided to take the money and go around the world for a year, & it was incredible.

I'm now living in London with a beautiful Fiancee, who is more compatible with me than I ever thought possible. And it was her who pushed for us to book 70K . (I think she may regret it a bit now though as it's all I seem to go on about).

Hopefully when the dust settles you'll be happy with where you are in life and what I experienced was an eye-opening moment. - realising how much I'd been compromising over the years to please her & other people. As you move on through the next few months / years, you'll hopefully be much more attuned to making yourself happy first & worrying about others afterwards. that's what makes me smile now!

AceHugger wrote:Hopefully when the dust settles you'll be happy with where you are in life and what I experienced was an eye-opening moment. - realising how much I'd been compromising over the years to please her & other people. As you move on through the next few months / years, you'll hopefully be much more attuned to making yourself happy first & worrying about others afterwards. that's what makes me smile now!

Here's to you..... buddy.

Yeah the dust has settled pretty quickly for me (can't promise that a bit might not get kicked up again over the next few months though lol). I've had the exact same eye-opener moment and realized how unhappy I was making myself, by constantly trying to keep her happy (which was an impossible task 90% of the time ) I'm putting my happiness first (second actually, my daughter will always be first), and I haven't felt better and more optimistic in years!

2016 has been a bitch, on the rejoicing note I finally have the money for 70k. But on the other side, since may, I lost an uncle and aunt and my grand father, all within the last 5 months. Going to my aunt funeral tomorrow. Can 2016 be over already and we can move on to more joyful stuff, like the cruise?

Sorry to hear that, Masterbas. Hopefully this wave of death passes soon. I've got a lot of family members who are checking out soon too. Money is running out. I'm starting to really dislike my job. School is becoming a burden on daily life. Panic attacks are frequent and imminent. Tried to quit smoking and that didn't pan out, as usual. Had to pay annual property taxes yesterday. Politics is a joke. And I stubbed my fucking toe 3 days ago and it still hurts. On the other hand, the kids are good and today is my 3rd wedding anniversary. But since this is the bitching thread, there is no room for rejoicing. Fuck everything.

Malaka wrote:Sorry to hear that, Masterbas. Hopefully this wave of death passes soon. I've got a lot of family members who are checking out soon too. Money is running out. I'm starting to really dislike my job. School is becoming a burden on daily life. Panic attacks are frequent and imminent. Tried to quit smoking and that didn't pan out, as usual. Had to pay annual property taxes yesterday. Politics is a joke. And I stubbed my fucking toe 3 days ago and it still hurts. On the other hand, the kids are good and today is my 3rd wedding anniversary. But since this is the bitching thread, there is no room for rejoicing. Fuck everything.

Happy 3rd anniversary at least. My wife and I are celebrating our 15th on the cruise :).

Dear asshole that asked me to have a call extra early today, but then didn't show up and gave me some random bullshit excuse just now: I hope you get repeatedly fist-fucked by a complete NFL team - medical staff and bus driver included.

Lady didn't answer the time she told me to call for a scheduled phone interview (after playing phone tag for a week), then because I pulled over to make the call I was late to get my fingerprints taken for my gaming license and the place closed so I had to drive across town to get them done somewhere else (missed the first place by five minutes). After I got them done I had a voicemail from someone at the same company calling me for the same job. The jobs shift ends right when the shift for my current one starts so it would be impossible to do both. Wicked bummer.

Luckily he said to watch for another position that would fit with my schedule, apply and give him a call right after I apply. Apparently I am super qualified for the position (customer service for a gaming company) that I'm pretty much a shoe in once I have the time.

Then I lost $50 gambling (nickel keno is at $12k)

At least work didn't suck, I have beer and I don't have to do anything out of the ordinary for the next two weeks.

Mainly, wtf to scheduling a phone interview and the human resources person not showing up.

I live in Ireland, I took a look at the first US elections results around 2am my time (that's 9 or 10pm Eastern time I think). Saw that things were sloooowly beginning to drift away from what was expected.Managed to finally go to sleep at 7am, at 9am my clock rang. Still at work, I need to fucking sleep. And still can't really believe the outcome.

One of the best dates I ever had was one where I was stood up. The lady totally forgot she had scheduled with me. I went out that day with the mindset that I was going to enjoy myself no matter what the universe had in mind, and it worked. Around 5 minutes late I decided to strike up a conversation with the guy sitting next to me, who turned out to be a really interesting kind gay guy from some small Tennessee town visiting Portland. I had a great talk with him for like an hour and headed home feeling fantastic.

One of the best dates I ever had was one where I was stood up. The lady totally forgot she had scheduled with me. I went out that day with the mindset that I was going to enjoy myself no matter what the universe had in mind, and it worked. Around 5 minutes late I decided to strike up a conversation with the guy sitting next to me, who turned out to be a really interesting kind gay guy from some small Tennessee town visiting Portland. I had a great talk with him for like an hour and headed home feeling fantastic.

Not a bad way to roll :). I had a nice dinner, but unfortunately the bar we had agreed to meet at was pretty dead. Honestly I'm not sure why I bothered to even try to set up a date with this dude, even before this he was pretty flaky.

On the other hand, Epica rolled through town the night before this, and I had such an excellent time that I was out until almost 5 AM. So the rest of the weekend really was awesome.

The fire alarm woke me up at 5.57am (went to sleep at 2am). This shit used to trigger for no fucking reason, except that last month there was a real fucking fire in my building...got out of my bed to check if anyone went outside, there was no one, the alarm stopped after two minutes.This is going to be a looooong day.

When your printer stops printing black, then after all tests and cleaning realize that this series from HP have a hardware issue, that can not be resolved, and the help you get from support is that they can send a coupon for your purchase of your next HP printer... Not really feeling like the next one will be another HP...

My team at work took our first crack at implementing a "very simple" (read: helplessly unclear and convoluted) installation procedure today, only to have it break in at least three different ways. Now I have to spend my day chasing someone to run a couple "change file owner" commands on a server because they didn't do it right the first time, and the normal server admins are saying they didn't do the work, and therefore they can't fix it..."

FLAAAAAAAAMES. ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE.

Edited to add: Aaaaaand I just got added to an email chain. They broke another team's deployment as well. Cowboy71's line about people who couldn't organize a root in a brothel comes to mind.

My work computer has been shit since the Windows 10 update and took five tries to even let me log in this morning - we'll see if it even runs once it's finally done waking up (I have a lot of shit to do before I leave).

I also just found out that I have some sort of gluten intolerance - which means I can't drink beer

Phoenix wrote:My work computer has been shit since the Windows 10 update and took five tries to even let me log in this morning - we'll see if it even runs once it's finally done waking up (I have a lot of shit to do before I leave).

I also just found out that I have some sort of gluten intolerance - which means I can't drink beer

They probably have some kind of gluten free beer somewhere, they have anything gluten free nowadays.

Phoenix wrote:My work computer has been shit since the Windows 10 update and took five tries to even let me log in this morning - we'll see if it even runs once it's finally done waking up (I have a lot of shit to do before I leave).

I also just found out that I have some sort of gluten intolerance - which means I can't drink beer

They probably have some kind of gluten free beer somewhere, they have anything gluten free nowadays.

There's definitely gluten free beer, Untappd has a badge for it. I've heard some of it is actually pretty solid.

Yeah, and Corona has a very small amount, which means I can probably drink it. It's not like I have celiac, I can still eat certain low gluten breads and things without too much trouble, but beer, and PASTA, losing those hurts a bit.

Yeah, and Corona has a very small amount, which means I can probably drink it. It's not like I have celiac, I can still eat certain low gluten breads and things without too much trouble, but beer, and PASTA, losing those hurts a bit.

I have a gluten intolerance too. I stick with Corona mainly and am fine. Most gluten free beers are gross. I have heard of a gluten free beer out of NY (Steadfast Oatmeal Cream Stout) that's awesome but I will probably never get to try it.